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Thailand eyes metaverse gains

Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn delivers a keynote speech at the Bangkok Post Tech Conference 2022 on Thursday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) is pinning its hopes on Thailand becoming an early adopter of so-called metaverse technology and applying this for commercial use in order to reap the benefits.

Thanks to the state of the country’s IT infrastructure development and applications developed by the public and private sectors, businesses and individuals have fast adopted digital platforms especially via ultra-fast, low-latency 5G networks.

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